The Council for the Protection of Human Rights and Freedoms (KMDLNj) has received a large number of complaints from citizens of Kosovo, who report that electricity bills for December are over 70 percent higher compared to the previous month.
The KLMDLNJ's response states that such an increase is unbelievable, incomprehensible and unjustifiable, especially considering the fact that temperatures between the two months have not marked significant differences, which excludes the need for an increase in electricity consumption.
"The KMDLNJ assesses that this situation constitutes direct economic abuse and disproportionately burdens the budget of Kosovar families, deepening poverty and social insecurity," the reaction states.
Also, according to the KMDLNj, ERO, since its establishment, has continuously acted to the detriment of citizens and regular electricity payers, inflating bills in violation of the law.
"This is also proven by a court decision, which found that ERO discriminated against citizens on ethnic and political grounds, without ever providing compensation for the damages caused to Albanian and non-Serb citizens," the statement says.
Also, according to KLMM, the institutional support that the Government of Kosovo has given to ERO makes it co-responsible for this situation, identifying it as a participant in the extreme impoverishment of citizens.
KMDLNj also expresses deep concern about the purchase of electricity at high prices, mainly by Serbian and Greek traders, as well as about the well-founded suspicions of corruption involving Ambassador Martin Berishaj and Caretaker Minister Artane Rizvanolli.
"These practices directly affect the increase in the price of electricity for end consumers. Also, the licensing of operators for electricity trade on nepotistic and political grounds, including persons close to the caretaker Prime Minister, raises serious suspicions of a well-planned institutional corruption, which aims at illegal benefits to the detriment of the citizen and the state. Particularly alarming is the granting of the monopoly of tenders for the sale and purchase of electricity to a person named Vuk Hamović, a citizen of Serbia, the son of the former head of the Serbian army during the regime of Slobodan Milošević, which constitutes a serious risk not only to the economy, but also to the national security of Kosovo," the reaction states.
KMDLNJ also calls on the Kosovo Prosecution Office to: investigate the work of ERO since the beginning of its activity; Investigate the granting of the monopolistic license to Vuk Hamović; Investigate the granting of licenses for electricity trade on nepotistic and political grounds; Investigate political appointments to key positions and dismissals for political reasons, as well as investigate all contracts for the purchase and sale of electricity.
According to the KMDLNj, ERO has announced that in March 2026 it will review the operators' request for an increase in the price of electricity, which would mean an even greater deterioration of the economic situation for the vast majority of Kosovar families. According to the reaction, the increase in the price of electricity inevitably provokes an increase in the prices of all goods and services, therefore citizens should oppose it regardless of which government is in power. /Telegraph/
